The Fed's rate hike may dampen Bitcoin's growth prospects by tightening liquidity and altering investor risk preferences.
Bitcoin derivatives are flashing a split personality as bitcoin’s price trades around $84,000 on Sept. 23. Futures open interest is climbing back toward $60 billion, while options open interest has jumped above $50 billion. Calls command 60% of options positions, yet puts account for 58.2% of 24-hour options volume.
September 23, 2026, 7:27 pmThe product lets users lock in their rate and repayment date when borrowing USDC against Bitcoin, marking the first enterprise-scale deployment of Morpho Midnight and a shift away from on-chain lending's variable-rate norm.
September 23, 2026, 6:15 pm
A new report from Blackrock and new findings by the Bitcoin Policy Institute show that bitcoin is losing the agentic payment battle in the medium term at least, but the longer-term war is still undecided.
Bitcoin’s rally abruptly ended as its price dropped below $84,000, reaching an intraday low of $83,508 shortly after failing to hold above $87,000. Rejection at Key Resistance Bitcoin’s latest rally snapped Wednesday as the cryptocurrency dipped below $84,000 for the first time since Monday.
TL;DR US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $998.96 million in net inflows for the September 21 session. BlackRock IBIT led with $381.4 million, followed by ARKB at $289.1 million and FBTC at $238.8 million. The figure is a single-day flow total, not cumulative ETF inflows.
The latest BTC bullish breakout has been met with relatively low selling pressure.
This month has seen a storm of dormant bitcoin wake up from slumber, and on Sept. 5, a set of 12 distinct block rewards from 2010 were shifted for the first time since they were mined.
A CME futures listing and a fresh Grayscale ETF filing sent Bitcoin's two biggest forks soaring, even as the flagship coin cooled off its seven-month high.
Earlier this week, the Canadian bitcoin exchange and wallet company Bull Bitcoin explained that customers currently cannot convert their L-BTC back to BTC using the platform. The news traces back to the Liquid Network hack that occurred on Sept. 6, which saw 4,000 BTC siphoned from the protocol.
A second large inflow met weak price follow-through.
Bitcoin falls below $84,000 as a hot US PMI report lifts the 10-year Treasury yield above 5% and revives Fed hike fears.
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